Chapter 3: A Strange Village
Early the next morning, the four of them went to the supermarket to buy some items and set off.
"There is no address of this village on this navigation map, it's strange, it seems that I have to ask on the way." Zhu Yitian held his mobile phone for a long time, but he still didn't find out the specific location, but he was able to find a nearby village and ask.
Out of the county, the road is not easy to walk, fortunately, Zhu Yitian has always liked a wild car, driving a Land Rover off-road vehicle, otherwise he would have gone on strike on the road.
"This Nima, I feel like I'm about to vomit out breakfast, what kind of way are you looking for, old pig?" Xu Chen has always had a problem with motion sickness, and this time the rugged mountain road made him suffer enough, so he couldn't help but complain first.
"Do you think Lao Tzu wants to, there is no way to just go this way, I still feel sorry for my car." Zhu Yitian also frowned, with a cigarette in his mouth, and couldn't help but reply when he heard Xu Chen's complaint.
The rugged mountain road drove for more than two hours, and finally on the road, it seemed that an old man was sitting on a roadside stone with a hoe, smashing and smashing and smoking dry tobacco.
Zhu Tiantian parked the car on the side of the road and walked down.
"Uncle, do you know which direction the Damu Village is?"
"Omakura Village?" The old man raised his head when he heard this, and Wu Liang and the others saw that the old man's face was full of wrinkles, only the whites of one eye remained, and the other eye looked a little cloudy.
"What are you little dolls doing there?" The old man asked rhetorically.
"Uncle, we're here to find someone." Wu Liang also came down.
"Looking for someone? That village has long been empty, so why don't you go find someone? ”
"Huh? Why, I heard people at the bottom of the mountain that the village is haunted, is it because of this? Listening to the old man's words, Wu Liang couldn't suppress the disappointment in his heart.
"Do you believe it or not?"
"If you don't believe it, how can there be ghosts in this world?" Zhu was the first to identify himself as an atheist.
"That's not it. You're going to Damu Village, over this mountain, and at the bottom of the ditch is Damu Village, and the car can't drive in, and the people there have already moved away, so I don't know why, so you can only find a village where you used to live and ask. The old man pointed to the mountain behind him and said to Wu Liang.
Wu Liang was a little disappointed, thinking that he would soon find the place where he was born, and maybe he would be able to meet his biological parents, but now there was no hope.
"Don't think about it, it's still early, let's go and see if it's all here, after all, that's where you were born." Zhu Yitian saw Wu Liang's disappointment and comforted.
Wu Liang nodded, this is also what he thought in his heart, even if he can't see his relatives, but it is not in vain to take a look at the place where he was born.
When the car drove away, the old man who was originally lying on his back stood up straight, and his originally cloudy eyes became bright.
"I'm afraid this world is going to be chaotic." The old man muttered to himself.
"Don't be surprised, sit and watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court;
Go and stay unintentionally, and follow the clouds in the sky.
The world is a big dream, and life is cool several times. The old man hummed an unknown tune and turned away.
Wu Liang and the four of them drove the car to the foot of the mountain, parked the car and began to climb the mountain.
After an hour and a half of climbing over the mountains, I finally saw the destination this time, a ruined village at the foot of the mountain, looming in the dense woods.
"It's here, let's go!" Although Lao Zhu is usually the boss, he has not fallen behind in a day of exercise, so he is at the forefront.
When the four of them entered the village, they found that it had long been deserted, with low eaves and dilapidated walls with the slogan of family planning in the 80s.
Wu Liang looked at this place, maybe he was too young at the time and didn't have a trace of this place, but this is probably the place where he was born, but now it has long been deserted.
"Squeak", the old pig pushed open the door of the first house at the entrance of the village, there was a Taishi chair in the middle of the hall, which had already been covered with dust, and the roof was also covered with dense spider webs.
However, it was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the original color was no longer visible.
The old pig reached out to lift the quilt, and mentioned that half of the quilt had already decayed, and the corners of the quilt were torn all the way, and the quilt fell heavily to the ground and raised dust all over the room.
"Damn, old pig, you're going to die, what's the cheapness of your hands? Ahem, ahem. Xu Chen was dissatisfied with the old pigs, and everyone was choked and quickly exited the house.
"No, if you move, don't you move the quilts on these beds? You see there are still these clothes, scattered on the ground, and it feels like you are in a hurry. "The old pig noticed that something was wrong.
"Maybe this family is richer, and they must all change to a new one." Wu Liang also felt that something was wrong, but he didn't care too much about it, and explained such a sentence.
"Otherwise, let's take a look around, and go back early after reading it, I always feel a little cautious here." Wang Lung said with some concern.
"I'm afraid of a bird, you are really, dealing with those dead people's items every day, the yang energy is insufficient, tomorrow I have time to take you to do a big health care, revitalize the majesty, and ensure that you come out to live and live." The old pig saw that Wang Lung was a little scared and couldn't help but tease him.
"Otherwise, you wait for me here, I'll look around, I want to find out if there is anything that brings back my memories." Wu Liang saw that Wang Lung was a little scared, and said to the three of them.
"It's okay, it's still early, let's take a look, explore the deserted village, it's very exciting." The old pig still looks indifferent.
In this way, Wang Lung couldn't say anything, and the four of them looked at it room by room.
After watching several in a row, everyone's faces were a little unnatural, and even the old pig who had just gaged stopped talking, with a puzzled face.
"What's going on, why is there a Taishi chair in the middle of every house, and the quilts and clothes are confiscated, and you see that the bowls on this table are confiscated, it seems that they left halfway through eating, this is also too hurried, not like a normal move." The more Wu Liang looked at it, the more wrong it became, and the familiar places felt more and more weird when he didn't remember them.
"Ryoko, do you remember what the old dean said, when your parents handed you over to him, your father was in a panic, like he was hiding from someone?" Xu Chen was a little careful, remembering the words of the old dean at that time, combined with the vision in front of him, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.
"Still looking?" Wu Liang looked at the other three with some hesitation.
"Look, what, don't you recognize it yet? In case of a one, you have an image. The old pig was the most courageous, and persuaded Wu Liang to insist on reading it.
At the insistence of the old pig, everyone finished reading it one by one, and there were only more than 20 houses in the village, which showed that this village was a relatively small village at that time.
After seeing the last room, everyone was a little silent, all the houses were in the same situation, and the people here seemed to have gone clean overnight, and they probably never came back.
"How's Ryoko, is there an image?" The old pig broke the silence and looked at Wu Liang, who was thinking on the side, and asked.
"There is not a single image, alas, it seems that this time it is in vain." Wu Liang was a little disappointed.
"It's okay, didn't the old man on the road just say that the people here didn't move away? As long as you find a family in this village, you should be able to know the whereabouts of the other people by asking, why did you forget to ask the old man just now? Xu Chen said with some regret.
Xu Chen's words made Wu Liang's eyes light up, yes, just go to the surrounding villages and ask, these people may have moved to nearby villages when they moved away.
Wu Liang told everyone what he thought, and everyone agreed, so he prepared to return the same way.
"Ryoko, don't be discouraged, there will definitely be a harvest this time." The old pig is optimistic after all, and seeing that everyone was a little depressed on the way back, he hurriedly gave everyone a mouthful of milk.
"And it's not without gains, at least ........."
Halfway through speaking, the old pig suddenly stopped, looking ahead in a daze, Wu Liang and the others saw that the old pig suddenly stopped, and were about to ask him, seeing his expression, a little strange, following his gaze, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
I saw that there was a Taishi chair at the intersection where they had just entered the village, and what was even more strange was that there was a pair of cloth shoes under the Taishi chair, which felt like a person who had not seen it was sitting in front of them wearing shoes.
"Just... You don't think you had this thing when you entered the village just now, did you? Wang Lung stammered a little when he spoke in fright.
"No, definitely not, I remember it clearly." The old pig said with certainty.
"So what's going on?"
The old pig, who has always been the most courageous, has no bottom in his heart at the moment.
In this way, the four of them all stood there straight, looking at the Taishi chair that appeared out of thin air not far away.
In the end, the old pig gritted his teeth, "Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil, someone must be pretending to be a ghost, deliberately moving the chair here to scare us, go over and take a look." ”
After saying that, the old pig took the lead and walked towards the chair, and the remaining three looked at each other and quickly followed the footsteps of the old pig.
Several people walked to the Taishi chair, the old pig carefully inspected the Taishi chair in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, this Taishi chair was the same as the one he had seen in those rooms before, it was covered with dust, and the shoes were the same, if someone moved them, they would definitely leave traces on them.
However, the Taishi chair in front of him did not have any traces of moving, as if it had been placed here for decades.
Now the old pig's heart is completely bottomless.
"Leave him alone, let's go."
The four of them cautiously bypassed their chairs and left the village, walking back the way they had come.